Childhood Caffeine Exposure May Negatively Affect Cognitive Functioning
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For most assessed cognitive functions, the negative correlation remained after controlling for age, gender, socioeconomic status, and sleep.
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Study links structural brain changes to behavioral problems in children who snore
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Behavioral problems in children who snore may be associated with changes in the structure of their brain’s frontal lobe
Mourning the Loss of a Great Addiction Pioneer
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Remembering Dr. Mary Jeanne Kreek, a great addiction pioneer and longtime NIDA grantee.
Targeting the Kappa Opioid Receptor to Reduce Drug Use and Relapse
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Inhibition of KORs using a short-acting selective antagonist significantly prevented escalation of cocaine intake in rats during chronic exposure and during re-exposure after withdrawal.
Younger age of first cannabis use or prescription drug misuse is associated with faster development of substance use disorders
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NIH analysis measures the prevalence of nine substance use disorders after first substance use or misuse in young people
Awareness and Use of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Rise in At-Risk Groups, But Not Enough
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Use of pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent contracting HIV increased among men who have sex with men from 2013 to 2017.
Opioid exposure associated with poppy consumption reported to poison control centers and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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Including previously reported cases, there are now at least 19 U.S. deaths associated with poppy seeds in the literature.
Law enforcement seizures of methamphetamine, marijuana rose during pandemic
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Analysis of illegal drug confiscations in five key U.S. regions suggests new drug supply patterns since COVID-19
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NIH Director Francis Collins announces UNITE, an NIH-wide initiative to end structural racism in biomedical science
Using Smartphone Apps to Reach Gay and Bisexual Men at Risk for HIV
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Finding better ways to reach people at higher risk of HIV for testing and engagement with HIV prevention and treatment services is a critical component of a public health response...
Disrupting Cocaine Memories Prevents Return to Cocaine Use in Rats
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Preventing cocaine memories from re-strengthening in an unstable period following retrieval attenuates cocaine seeking.
To end HIV epidemic, we must address health disparities
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Expert report cites unequal progress in Southern U.S. and among marginalized groups
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Inherent in the mission of NIH is that biomedical research and its application can and should benefit all people
Human Opioid Exposure Can Be Measured Using Wastewater
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Using robotic technology, local levels of opioid metabolites can be measured in wastewater from individual manholes
Co-located HIV Services Can Help Women Who Inject Drugs Access PrEP, Study Shows
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Daily, PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis medication), is proven to prevent HIV transmission from injection drug use or sex.
Skewed Opioid Prescribing Patterns in the United States—A Few Providers Prescribe a Large Proportion of Opioids
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Only 1 percent of the providers who prescribe opioids account for almost half of all opioid doses prescribed and one-quarter of opioid prescriptions written.
Methamphetamine overdose deaths rise sharply nationwide
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NIH-supported study finds biggest increase among American Indians and Alaska Natives
People With SUDs Have Increased Risk for COVID-19 and Worse Outcomes
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People with a substance use disorder (SUD) at any time in their lives are 1.5 times more likely to contract COVID-19 than those without an SUD, and those with a...
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Combination medication may be effective in treating adults with methamphetamine use disorder
ADAPT-2 Trial Results Deliver a Breakthrough in Long Search for Methamphetamine Use Disorder Medication
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A combination of bupropion and naltrexone successfully reduced methamphetamine use
Physician-pharmacist collaboration may increase adherence to opioid addiction treatment
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NIH-supported pilot study found team-based approach may improve buprenorphine care
Substance Use Status Important When Developing HIV Therapies
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Animal studies suggest that subjects with HIV who suffer from opioid use disorders may have higher viral reservoirs in the central nervous system than non-opioid users.
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Patients in treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) who were more comfortable making decisions when they did not know the probability of outcome had a higher risk of using opioids...
Unraveling neuroHIV in the Presence of Substance Use Disorders
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These reviews address how each of these addictive substances and HIV individually or collectively affect the immune system and subsequent clinical and behavioral outcomes
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NIDA-funded research aims to help understand teen drug use and its effects
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Annual Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey results released.
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A specific collection of neurons in the basolateral amygdala, a brain region crucial for affect, was active when mice experienced pain. Deactivating this collection of neurons resulted in a loss...
Elite Controllers May Hold Key to an HIV Cure
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"Science" Magazine Breakthrough of the Year Runner Up for 2020
On World AIDS Day, Celebrating Scientific Advances and Confronting the Complexities of HIV and Substance Use
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We applaud the substantial strides made, while recognizing the challenges that need to be addressed.
HIV and Methamphetamine Use: Double Jeopardy for Transmission of the Novel Coronavirus.
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The authors suggest that co-occurring methamphetamine use and HIV present a double jeopardy for COVID.